Mechanics of the household; a course of study devoted to domestic machinery and household mechanical appliances (1918)
Keene, E. S. (Edward Spencer), b. 1864 · New York, McGraw-Hill book company, inc.; · leaf 147
ly encountered, the water-bearing earth occurs insheets rather than in veins or streams. The movement of thewater in such areas follows the contour of the earth and isinfluenced by the varying amount of rain or snowfall and theatmospheric pressure. The lateral movement is often only afew inches a… … Fig. 124.—Undesirable form ofwell curbing. WATER SUPPLY 137 until a stratum of water-bearing soil is encountered, the type ofthe well being determined by the character of the earth and thelocation of the water-bearing soil. The water from the surround-ing area fills the opening to the height of the…
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